How Ginger Rogers’ Life Was Dominated by Howard Hughes?

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[@wasabiginger6993]

Thanks! Not born until 1950, never knew much about her ... just remember my mother loved her and my dad was very intrigued with Hugh’s aviation. He used to like to go to LAX and watch planes take off and land. Rogers & Hepburn .... such strong women of young but now Hollyweird.

[@judycoci7079]

As a child, my Mama and I would watch her movies with Fred Astaire. I just loved watching them dance together. She truly had a gift of dance and I wanted to dance just like her

[@reneemeyers6251]

Me, too. Wonderful memories

[@gardensofthegods]

Yes when I was a little girl I first discovered all those great old movies on TV ... I remember the first time I saw Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing and it was a great set design . I asked my mom who they were. ... Same thing with Clark Gable , Humphrey Bogart , James Cagney Spencer Tracy , Marilyn Monroe , James Dean ... I can remember feeling so sad when she told me about James Dean's death and Marilyn Monroe ... Great memories watching all those old movies with my parents , sometimes my older siblings also .

[@Muirmaiden]

Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres remained friendly after their separation and divorce. She held off on filing for divorce from Ayes because she was hoping for a reconciliation; they had begun seeing each other again. Howard Hughes instigated divorce proceedings and Rogers felt she had no choice but to go through with it. Ayres was the love of her life and they remained friends until her death.

[@mariaevans7811]

Loved the video!!!! Ginger was a great dancer, and I liked her films!!!!!🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@AgeOfVintage]

Thank you so much! 🙂

[@sandrahunter5904]

I met Ginger Rogers in the early 1980's when she was performing in Omaha and I was an switchboard operator at the Red Lion Hotel. Sweeties, she came with the glamour and she smiled and SMILED. SHE WANTED EVERYONE IN THE LOBBY TO KNOW THAT ' GINGER WAS THERE AND SHE'S GOT HER GLAM' THING GOING'. It was MARVELOUS!!

[@Justin666Martyr]

*ALL these FABULOUS PeoPLe & They Die so Young!!!!* *Me??? now( 7 4 ) a RoTTen, Low Life, NO Life!!!* *& Everything STILL WORKS, & I am StiLL Pushing Weights at the Gym!!!!* *LIFE is sooo Un-Fair!!! P.S. I am a LEGAL ALIEN, in your Society*

[@johnbellamy6449]

Again another great lady sadley missed.

[@reneemeyers6251]

Thank you for this. I've been a fan of hers all my life

[@stephaniecoggins2949]

She was gorgeous 😻 and her legs, perfect and class💖I'm in Medford Oregon I didn't know she had a ranch there

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Somewhere in Phoenix, OR, right? (I used to live in Medford some years ago.). And Patrick Duffy's ranch just off of I-5 in Grant's Pass.

[@labryon]

Thank you so much for this and your bio on Ginger Rogers. My grandmother was a tap and chorus line dancer in 98 different MGM musical productions (Georgia Snedeker, alive until age 96). She and Ginger were same age and knew each other/became friends because they attended Christian Science church together. My grandma was a trained dancer from early childhood vaudeville and silent films but she completely accepted Ginger for who she was (her non dance background was obvious to all she worked with, but as a co-worker/person, Ginger was always humbled, hardworking and nice!). However Grandma’s opinions of Astaire were always terribly negative, based on what you call here: his strive for “perfection.” But because perfection is required when filming all synchronized/choreographed dance films, it’s really about HOW one acquires such from dancers. Fred’s method were known amongst studio dancers (and wannabe future dancing starlets) as flat out abusive while souring their professional opinions on his dancing “style.” Ginger dealt with his “perfectionist style” ie “lack of professionalism” ie abusiveness longer than any other partner of Astaire’s could, and probably why she could tolerate being “dominated” by Hughes.

[@brendakdavis8634]

Thank you for that info. Gene Kelly was suppose to be that way, too. Hollywood was brutal.

[@katharinedalton839]

I loved watching Astaire and Kelly perform, and marveled at their incredible tablets. But I heard they were both relentless perfectionists. Fred, who looked like pure perfection on camera, lamented later in life that he never performed a perfect routine in any of his movies. Gene was even more ruthless in his pursuit of perfection. He was notoriously competitive at any sport in which he participated. He threw terrible tempers if he ever lost. One can only imagine how grueling it would be to dance with either performer. They both reduced their leading ladies to tears. Fred said that Ginger, however, never cried. But making "Singing In The Rain" was torturous for a young and inexperienced dancer, Debbie Reynolds. He apparently never complimented her on anything she did. She danced so long and so hard, her feet bled. Ginger's did, too, opposite Astaire. But she was a perfectionist, too, so she could keep up with Fred's endless requests for re-takes. It's amazing how effortless and blissful everything appeared on film with those two men. They were both cruel taskmasters between takes and in rehearsals.

[@geraldmoran6387]

They weren't performers at the top of movie musicals because they were nice..humble sweeties.. they were tough taskmasters...and probably most of those female dancers/artists knew the drill. I think Fred.. particularly..was probably just as hard on himself. Just look at the wonderful entertainment Fred and Gene created.

[@SilverSunPublishing]

She's one of my favorite actresses of all time. My fav movie of hers was "Bachelor Mother" with David Niven.

[@sonjastanger4078]

Love this lady ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@brentonl1746]

Hi, really great video on Ginger Rogers, incredible dancer and actress. I'm amazed that all you need in Hollywood in those days was a bit of talent in acting, dancing, singing and the more than occasional affair. Thanks again. Cheers

[@sherryhall6946]

I would love to see that emerald ring. She should have kept it.

[@victorialadybug1]

Howard Hughes was a real lunatic. I'm glad she finally got away from him.

[@davidallen508]

I don’t believe La Rogers would have allowed any man to “dominate” her.She once told an Australian interviewer that all her husbands were “alcoholics” which prompted him to ask ; “Yes,but were they alcoholics before they married you ?” I know I’m a cynic but I love it.

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

Christian Scientist a very faithful people. (DORIS DAY)

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

And I do to make it more beneficial... There should be a lot more photos and they should be Progressive so another words from the earliest photograph to her last photograph!!! These still photos R a hodgepodge. Sorry

[@lynnpurcell5225]

That's hilarious! I always thought she was kind of a B and that interviewer probably had the same impression. I think her mother may've messed her up.

[@beverlylawyer2286]

@@davidleethompsoniii8263 No ALCOHOL, BUT FORNICATION, DUH

[@carolynsilvers9999]

Loved her clothing style

[@roberthenleynola]

About that photo (shown twice) of an actress sitting on a sofa with an actor I couldn't recognize ... that's not Ginger Rogers, that's Jean Harlow.

[@ntnrocket1]

if you're talking about the photo at 6:12, Jean Harlow is sitting with Howard Hughes, that's probably around the time he directed Hells Angels (1930), she was in that.

[@stardustmelody2709]

That’s Howard with Jean.

[@lindamcneilly7389]

Someone said “Astair did it going forward but Ginger had to do it backwards and on heels”taking about the dance routines.I have always loved her acting and those movies of them dancing I watch again and again still stunned by the routines.A beautiful lady who never got the recognition she derserves and as for the quips about Rogers and Doris Day being Christian Scientists and therefore “faithfulness”well they happened to be not good at picking men but then so was Judy Garland and numerous actresses who were not CS.

[@7777lizabeth]

I never knew much about Ginger Rogers, she was from my grandmother's era. I started watching her on TCM and thought she was absolutely adorable! I've noticed she always had to dance with Fred. They neverer gave her solo dances like we see Ann Miller, Eleanor Powell or Rita Hayworth do.

[@daviddavis5689]

Eleanor Powell was female Fred Astaire.She really was too equal to last dancing second rank.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Ginger lost interest in dancing after she was accepted as a versatile actress. But she remained lifelong friends with Fred and particularly Hermes Pan, who had choreographed and coached her at RKO.

[@Muirmaiden]

Not true, she did solo dances in films, including one with Astaire, "Follow The Fleet" (1936).

[@esmeephillips5888]

@@Muirmaiden But it was only a minute, and she only did it to show she could.

[@Muirmaiden]

@@esmeephillips5888 She danced in some of her other movies too, without Fred or a male partner. She did a dance routine with Ann Miller in "Stage Door" (1937) and did a solo dance in "In Person" (1935) among others. Check out the pre-code musicals she was in.

[@ruthlawrence8046]

Hi Age of Vintage, how are you? Another fascinating story from the Golden Years of Hollywood. Ginger Rogers made a big name for herself dancing in 9 movies partnered with Fred Astaire. They were the quintessential dancing couple, in many musical films. I don't believe Ginger would let Howard Hughes or any other man dominate her life, & especially to be at Hughes beck & call. They did get engaged & he bought her a 5ct Emerald engagement ring. However Hughes was not faithful to Rogers, & certainly flaunted himself around Hollywood with other film stars. Rogers found out about his philandering ways & called off the engagement. She had now become used to his patterns of manipulation, & fittingly walked away from their relationship for the last time. Love Love from Australia 🇦🇺🎬📽💖💛💜❤🎶🎵👠💕💕⚘⚘⚘💋💋

[@albertmorris6162]

Excuse me, Miss Hepburn. Ginger HAD CLASS. She also won the Oscar that you coveted.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

;)

[@gulmerton2758]

Hollywood Golden era stars all had that distinctive glamorous look that belonged to that time. No photos of these stars without beautiful hair and makeup, let alone gorgeous outfits. Who, in their right mind, could be in awe in front of the Hollyweird so called “stars” nowadays?

[@63mckenzie]

It would be quicker to name the Hollywood actresses he didn't have affairs with.

[@Brsbeach]

Evidently actresses and actors, although it seems like he was more of a collector of starlets than anything else. As many Golden Age stars are dead and gone lots of credible stories about their lives are coming out now....Like a surprising number of hard driving men, it was the chase and the 'possession' of beauties that was more important than an actual relationship...

[@destinyclark4133]

@@Brsbeach Sadly, you’re right.

[@katharinedalton839]

Not to excuse his obsessive pursuit of actresses, but Howard had a terrible case of OCD that only worsened with age. I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder myself, and while my obsessions are different, I can attest to what a cruel and debilitating illness it is. He really suffered, especially near the end of his life.

[@63mckenzie]

@@katharinedalton839 Actually just watched a documentary about his last years, and yip, it was horrible.

[@CupcakeExplosion]

Never knew these things about Ginger and Howard. Loved the video!

[@brendaleverick3655]

I think Howard Hughes must have become a narcissist, and they always want to control others. As they age, narcissists tend to crack up, as they increasingly are forced to see themselves as they really are, and have fewer and fewer people around to worship and adore them.

[@nunyabusiness3516]

Didn't he completely dominate Faith Domergue's life too? And broke Ava Gardner's nose.

[@noorgonzalez1076]

🤔🧐😩👀💔 🙇🏻‍♀️🕊

[@BlueShadow777]

Nice video... always fancied Rogers 😋 Just one thing: “Highest paid female actress...”? Is there such a thing as a male actress? 🤔 I suppose in this day and age...

[@julieegan1337]

She was a handsome lady

[@scasey1960]

Was there an actress who wasn’t “connected” to Howard Hughes? Money talks.

[@Kendell062]

One of the pictures in your presentation was that of a young Doris Day not Ginger Rogers. Just letting you know I'm paying attention.🙂 The story about Ginger Rogers giving Hughes back all the jewelry he gave her as she broke up with him reminded of an actress who did the opposite. Actress Ellen Barkin when her husband, billionaire Ron Perelman, divorced her she took all the jewelry he gave her and took it to the auction house Christie's and sold them, pocketing millions.

[@AgeOfVintage]

Thank you for pointing it out and sorry for the mistake! 🙂

[@Kendell062]

@@AgeOfVintage You can never make a mistake showing a picture of a young Doris Day.

[@AgeOfVintage]

@@Kendell062 haha good point! 🙂

[@katharinedalton839]

Good for you, Ellen, wherever you are! She probably got more for the jewels than the divorce settlement. Maybe both! Bet she cried all the way to the bank, and so did her ex!

[@sprofitt777]

Howard Hughes had a lot more success controlling another actress Jean Peters life. He married her in the late 1950s . She went into seclusion and basically shut down her career. But they sent very little time of their 15 year marriage together. She finally divorced him in the early 70's.

[@georgiadavis587]

I gust love these stories 💘

[@josephgriffith3593]

That was Jean Harlow and Howard Hughes sitting on the couch.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

That type of thing happens all the time on this channel. The obvious faux pas are why I watch.

[@lanecountybigfooters5716]

It certainly wasn't Ginger.

[@gracepolzin5758]

Thankyou💝💝💝

[@AgeOfVintage]

Thank you for your comment! 🙂

[@janicemurphy7878]

The TV star Mike Douglas, once explained on his show when he was having Ginger Rogers, as a guest at his home what happen. He went up to ask her to come down to breakfast and she was laying on the bed in the nude she didn't seem shocked, but he was flabbergasted.

[@gardensofthegods]

Janice are you talkin about TV show host Mike Douglas or the actor Michael Douglas ?

[@janicemurphy7878]

gardensofthegods yes Mike Douglas on the TV show he was telling that story.

[@noorgonzalez1076]

@@janicemurphy7878 😳🙏🏽🙇🏻‍♀️

[@jaxcrax9644]

My guess is that Ginger wanted him to take his clothes off and make him eat his breakfast

[@familypondman]

A mother never kidnaped a child but a father does????? Bullshit!!!!!!!!

[@stephaniehand503]

thanks

[@james5460]

Doing a lot of takes of dances was common practice among the elite dancers. Gene Kelly did 40 takes of his classic dance with Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor in "Singing in the Rain." Yes, their feet got beat up and they sometimes even wound up in the hospital. Astaire and Kelly didn't ask their partners to do anything they weren't also willing to do. These practices led to what virtually everyone accepts are the greatest dance films of all time. That's worth a little effort, don't you think? Ginger Rogers was a top actress among many other top actresses. That showed real talent. Fred Astaire the hard worker and taskmaster is acknowledged as the greatest dancer of all time, challenged only by that other taskmaster Kelly. I'd rater be the greatest ever at my craft than one of dozens or hundreds of other top people. Astaire remained at the top of the game into the 1970s and got his only nomination in 1975 for "The Towering Inferno." He grew into being a top actor. Rogers was done at the top by 1950. Rogers was a great talent, but comparing her talent to Astaire does her a big favor, not Astaire.

[@patricemoran7469]

Actresses in Hollywood often had shorter movie careers than their male counterparts. With the exception of 'On the Beach' and Silk Stockings' in "58 then ... 'Finnians Rainbow'.. 'Towering Inferno' and his supporting role in 'The Notorious Landlady' that was pretty much It for Fred movie-wise during the 60's and early 70's.

[@maxlinder5262]

At 8:29 that is Ida lupino ...... At 13:11 that is Jean Harlow... Not sure if that is Doris Day or a bad foto of Rogers ......??..So " much switching partners to dance with"......... LOL 😆...Kate Hepburn was also a Big ⭐ at RKO....

[@Garbeaux.]

Virginia McMath was one of the most iconic Hollywood stars ever! Edit: It is funny, if not hypocritical, that people whom claim this or that religion pick and choose what beliefs to abide by?! Ginger wouldn’t drink, smoke, or even go to a real medical doctor bc of her religion but she was totally fine with getting married *FIVE* times. Bc of those beliefs, she did not go to a doctor when she had cancer and heart issues. Only a Christian Scientist “doctor.” She could have lived longer if she hadn’t been involved in that cult. Same thing happened to Jean Harlow except way earlier. Harlow’s mother was big into the cult and wouldn’t let Jean see a MD until she was literally on her death bed at 26. What’s even worse about that is the fact her disease could have been cured years before when she caught it as a kid but her mother never took her to an actual doctor. Ever wonder why Val Kilmer looks and talks the way he does now? It’s bc he is also a pretty devout Christian Scientist. He had throat cancer but bc of the brainwashing he had by the cult, he never saw an actual oncologist until he almost died. Celebrity friends, Cher for one, forced him to go. It saved his life. Otherwise, if he had followed that cult’s beliefs, he would be a dead man now. Pro tip - if any so called religion of any kind brainwashes you to believe MD’s and modern medicine are anathema to their beliefs, run for the hills. It’s def a cult. Scientology is the same way. Look what happened to John Travolta’s son. Scientologist are strongly against psychiatry of any kind. You could tell that boy had Autism & other issues. Travolta and his wife always denied his health problems while he was alive but after he passed, they through caution to the wind and told everybody his mental issues. Sorry to tell Scientology, but someone with severe mental issues will not get better by talking to someone and taking herbal medication spending thousands for it. It was brave of them to stand up to the church. Sad thing is, I think they did it with Kelly Preston too. That they didn’t let her go to an oncologist. I could be wrong but I’ve seen horror stories of how Scientologists treat cancer patients. They believe the cancer is cause by “thetans” that have invaded and sickened the body. They think the sick people haven’t been following Scientology like they are supposed to. Like with their son, Scientology believes the only cure is through those talking rundowns or whatever that *BS* is called. I don’t know for sure but it did seem like Kelly didn’t get the appropriate treatment. If a religion controls your personal life and liberty to that degree, it’s a cult. Plain and simple. Sad thing is Travolta will never leave bc they have almost 50 years of all his intimate details that he told them in confidence which they recorded.

[@HollyCranfan]

Sorry. You are wrong about Jean Harlow. Harlow’s family was able to get her medical records. Her mother did get her medical treatment. She died of kidney failure During that time there was no dialysis or kidney transplants nothing could be done.

[@Germania72]

She was really beautiful. Oh, I envy her long legs.

[@carolcogbill4752]

Great video. Thank goodness Ginger escaped Howard Hughes...

[@joevald3]

You could not help but be in love with Ginger Rogers . She was good and everything she wanted to do . I'm always surprised by Howard Hughes . Who always gets vilified . But he had tremendous taste in women . They all seem to given to him . So apparently he was in his 90s people said he was .

[@lindseycarribean5113]

Ginger Rodgers was a brilliant dancer, more known for her dancing abilities than her acting just like Gene Kelly, and her partner in crime Fred Astaire.She found in him, her perfect partner. According to what Hepburn said: " He gave her class, she gave him sex.", I don't know if she truly loved him or if it was a way to get jobs, at least at the beginning of her career, cause he was clearly the bigger star with influence. It doesn't sound like a authentic, genuine love relationship. Not surprising that hughes dominated her... he tried to dominate anyone ! The classical egomaniac. Rip to both of them. And not hughes !

[@mariaevans7811]

A true!!!!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@mariaevans7811]

Remark!!!

[@lindseycarribean5113]

@@mariaevans7811 Yep.

[@britischenadligen3760]

I believe "Sex" is supposed to be understood as "Sex appeal" in the aforementioned quote, and not the literal... well... sex. Anyway, I do agree with what you said about Hughes.

[@roberthenleynola]

@@britischenadligen3760 I was thinking the same thing ... as regards sex APPEAL vs. actual SEX.

[@wilburbonzo]

8:28 that's Ida Lupino

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Yeah, welcome to Age of Vintage channel.

[@beautifulblackbeauty8641]

Drop the question mark at the end of the title

[@michaelarchangel1163]

You have to wonder if it's better to be seen as a cad than appear to be as needy for love as Howard Hughes was. He had massive wealth but happiness was elusive. As for Ms. Rogers, surely not all of her husbands could have been utter bastards !

[@catebar9204]

I think TRUTH is important no matter how devastating it is. In telling the TRUTH, the Golden years of Hollywood were in fact so tarnished by a well kept secret that no one would openly divulge. I grew up watching these movies on television during the 50's and furthermore believing women were supposed to be slim and beautiful and men were handsome and debonair which would most always lead to a happy ending. I had read Hollywood was manufactured; little did I know how much. This manufacturing has continued into the present era since the Golden years of Hollywood, even more than it had occurred then. Executives must have tired of emotional and prima dona actresses for indeed they began to manufacture beautiful actresses who had less emotions and more stamina. I encourage you and everyone to do your own research,. Some of the actresses who we came to love on the screen were actually men. Most had an operation paid for by the studios and took hormones thereafter. With Ginger Rogers, I believe her unbalanced mother switched her gender when she was a baby. which may be why her estranged father kidnapped her. Please note that Howard Hughes really picked them for his lifestyle preference or was he both ways?. Katherine Hepburn and Bette Davis were also born as men. Think about it. I suffered such a great disappointment realizing the TRUTH, yet they were so talented and believable. I am not so interested in watching their movies any more, but if I do I watch them for entertainment and not hero worship. I definitely do not watch any of these newer movies today, for most of the women actresses are men and they don't have talent compared to the ones of the Golden days of Hollywood.

[@cherylcurrie2110]

Was that Ida Lupino?

[@danielbisson8032]

howard hughes was a little bit crazy

[@edgregory1]

Devoutly religous but married five times.

[@gusjackson3658]

Howard was also tormented by his own bisexuality.

[@thomassexton9990]

Ginger Roger's boyfriend was Howard Hughe

[@ThePiratemachine]

Her and the rest.

[@lindajohn3922]

Howard Hughes was a pathological liar and personality.

[@gusjackson3658]

Hughes used proposing as a regular tactic to get sex.

[@bobbys4327]

hughes had more poon than elvis

[@markcadieux3445]

He had more money than Elvis..

[@VintageVera]

Classy way to put it

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

How about Warren Beatty?

[@ginnylorenz5265]

8:28 Ida Lupino.

[@HealthyObbsession]

Didn’t Howard Hughs have paranoid schizophrenia or something like that? Not that it excuses manipulating Ginger Rodgers but it would make sense why he was the way he was

[@VintageVera]

He also had very severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

[@fannybuster]

Since she had no children or husband ,where did all her wealth go..?

[@lanecountybigfooters5716]

She left almost everything to her long time assistant, Roberta Olden, who was by her side for 20 years. Roberta keeps her memory alive by doing the occasional interview - she did one in 2021 that was really nice.

[@gusjackson3658]

Hepburn preferred women. Paid for. Discreetly in. Discreetly out.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

A sick genius and a racist in top of that ! He was a womanizer ( with a preference for brunettes ) who treated women like kleenex ! Not surprising that he was friendly with Errol Flynn. Birds of a feather flock together !Jean Peters, his ex wife, once sais that he was a psychopath and was not often with her cause he isolated himself in his private studio. Good that he found strong ladies like Ava Gardner who put him in his place ! Leonardo Dicaprio did a much better job than Warren Betty portraying Hughes. Speaking of Betty, it would be cool if you make a video about one of this last legend of the Golden Age of Hollywood ! 😉😘

[@AlexaLake1]

IMHO, I think Gene Kelly was a much better dancer than Astaire. Astaire was popular because he had a bleach blond partner to dance with. That fed into peoples fantasies of dancing with either a graceful male partner or a beautiful female partner.

[@patricemoran7469]

In his long film career...the lithe... limber and inventive Fred Astaire made at least twice as many musical films..('Silk Stockings' his last in '58 (BTW not counting the disappointing 'Finnians Rainbow' in '68) as Gene Kelly....whose very muscular body pretty much gave way dance-wise at 45 or 46. I enjoyed 'Le Girls' his last major musical film... his dance routines however were few and short. I think most dance professionals admire them both but consider Fred the greatest dancer/musical performer of the 20th century. Out of 100 '20th Century' male film performers American Film Institute ranked Fred number "5" and Gene "17".

[@Justin666Martyr]

*ALL these FABULOUS PeoPLe & They Die so Young!!!!* *Me??? now( 7 4 ) a RoTTen, Low Life, NO Life!!!* *& Everything STILL WORKS, & I am StiLL Pushing Weights at the Gym!!!!* *LIFE is sooo Un-Fair!!! P.S. I am a LEGAL ALIEN, in your Society*

[@beverlyledbetter9302]

I used to adore this woman when I first started watching her movies with Astaire back in the late seventies; but now when I watch those movies, they only annoy me for the fakeness, and the characters that I usually find funny are the bit players who used to annoy me(Eric Blore was funny, Everett Edward Horton was not). When I watch these movies now, she comes across as smug and snobbish, while Astaire is just flat out a pain in the a** because he seems so childish and irresponsible for someone his age!

[@VintageVera]

I also found her flippant character abrasive.